NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION

Meaning of NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION in English

not by any stretch of the imagination | by no stretch of the imagination

used to say strongly that sth is not true, even if you try to imagine or believe it :

She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION — not adding to the story, not stretching it Gigi wasn't his only girl, not by any stretch of the imagination.
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NOT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION — not adding to the story, not stretching it Gigi wasn't his only girl, not by any stretch of the imagination.
English Idioms vocabulary
IMAGINATION — n imagination (1. act of imagining or picturing in the mind; 2. power of imagination)
Interlingua English vocab
IMAGINATION — imahinasyon;mugna sa hunahuna;paghanduraw
English-Visayan vocabulary
IMAGINATION — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, imaginatio, from imaginari Date: 14th century the act or power of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRETCH — I. ˈstrech verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English strecchen, strechen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old Frisian strekka …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOT — I. |nät, usu -äd.+V adverb or -nt or -n't (ə)n(t), ( ə )n(t) ; also -not (|)nät sometimes -_nət, usu …
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BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
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ANY — I. |enē, -ni sometimes _ən- or, after t or d, ə n- adjective Etymology: Middle English any, eny, from Old …
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IMAGINATION — ə̇ˌmajəˈnāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English imaginacioun, from Middle French imagination, from Latin imagination-, imaginatio, from imaginatus (past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.
Английский словарь Webster
IMAGINATION — (n.) The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the …
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IMAGINATION — (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually …
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IMAGINATION — (n.) The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; …
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IMAGINATION — ( n. ) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — — stretchable , adj. — stretchability , n. /strech/ , v.t. 1. to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — — imaginational , adj. /i maj'euh nay"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or …
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BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
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ANY — /en"ee/ , adj. 1. one, a, an, or some; one or more without specification or identification: If you have any …
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STRETCH — I. ˈstrech verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to stretch, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
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ANY — I. ˈe-nē adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣnig; akin to Old High German einag any, Old English ān …
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IMAGINATION — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin imagination-, imaginatio, from imaginari Date: 14th century 1. : the act or …
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STRETCH — noun the extent to which anything may be stretched. 2. stretch ·noun course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of …
Webster English vocab
IMAGINATION — noun a mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. 2. imagination …
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BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
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ANY — adv to any extent; in any degree; at all. 2. any (·adj & ·pron) one indifferently, out of an indefinite …
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STRETCH — [stretch] vb [ME strecchen, fr. OE streccan; akin to OHG strecchan to stretch, OE straec firm, severe] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IMAGINATION — [imag.i.na.tion] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L imagination-, imaginatio, fr. imaginari] (14c) 1: the act or power of forming a …
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ANY — [any] adj [ME, fr. OE aenig; akin to OHG einag any, OE an one--more at one] (bef. 12c) 1: one …
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IMAGINATION — imagination BrE AmE ɪ ˌmædʒ ɪ ˈneɪʃ ə n -ə- ▷ imagination|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRETCH — / stretʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MAKE BIGGER / LOOSER 1. to make sth longer, wider or …
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IMAGINATION — / ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the ability to create pictures in your mind; the …
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BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
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ANY — / ˈeni; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. used with uncountable or plural nouns in negative …
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STRETCH — I. stretch 1 S3 W3 /stretʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: streccan ] 1 . MAKE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOT — not S1 W1 /nɒt $ nɑːt/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: nought ] 1 . used to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IMAGINATION — i ‧ ma ‧ gi ‧ na ‧ tion S3 W3 /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃ ə n, ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun …
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BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
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ANY — I. an ‧ y 1 S1 W1 /ˈeni/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun 1 . [usually in questions and negatives] …
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STRETCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
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BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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ANY — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
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STRETCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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ANY — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
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STRETCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
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BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
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ANY — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1. (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
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STRETCH — ( stretches, stretching, stretched) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
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NOT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Not' is often shortened to 'n’t' …
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IMAGINATION — ( imaginations) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your imagination is the …
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BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
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ANY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use any in statements with …
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ANY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ in statements with …
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STRETCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a queue stretches somewhere ▪ The queue stretched the full length of the building. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOT
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IMAGINATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an active imagination (= when someone is able to form pictures or ideas easily ) …
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BY
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ANY
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STRETCH — (REACH) [verb] - to cause (something) to reach as far as possibleA woman has died after being knocked from her …
Cambridge English vocab
IMAGINATION — [noun]What a wonderful/fertile imagination (= ability to form mental pictures or ideas) he must have, to have written such spellbinding …
Cambridge English vocab
ANY — (AT ALL) [adverb] [not gradable] - at all or in the leastCan't you run any faster?This television doesn't look any …
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IMAGINATION — n. Function: noun the power or function of the mind by which mental images are formed or the exercise of …
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